Quiet except for the crickets
talking to one another, the butterflies with wings fluttering in harmony, the
bees busy at gathering the nectar of the flowers

Another morning of harmony of
nature.

Then the unnatural

Then the insult to the value
of humanity

Then an attack upon this
country, upon its people, upon its families, and upon those families of
families.

But out of the horror, the
death, the destruction,

Came the heroes of the first
responders, the heroes of all at each location

For some to save each other,
for others in that peaceful field of Pennsylvania to save us all.

Giving with their might, with
their courage, with their lives so that others could survive and live in
freedom.

So that others, that survive,
can still proclaim God Bless America, Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, This
is Our Land and this is Your Land.

For us and our children, our
grandchildren, 9/11 will always be our Pearl Harbor, a day that will live in infamy,
but also a day that will forever define our today’s and our tomorrows- a nation
of freedom that will never be destroyed.